HISTORY
Appendix E: Proposal for New Initiatives (Complete for each new
initiative)
Audience: Deans/Unit Administrators, PRBC, Foundation, Grants Committee, College Budget Committee
Purpose: A “New Initiative” is a new project or expansion of a current project that supports our Strategic
Plan. The project will require the support of additional and/or outside funding. The information you
provide will facilitate and focus the research and development process for finding both internal and
external funding.
How does your initiative address the college's Strategic Plan goal, or significantly improve student
learning?
Supplemental instruction workshops have proven successful in increasing student success and
persistence in History 27. Analysis of success/persistence data comparison for History 28 (workshop)
and History 27:
Fall 2010:
Workshop: Success (57%), Non-success (25%), Withdrawal (17.8%)
History 27: Success (58%), Non-success (13%), Withdrawal (28%)
Analysis: Success rates were similar, but workshop students persisted at a much higher rate.
Spring 2011:
Workshop: Success (86%), Non-success (4%), Withdrawal (9%)
History 27: Success (66%), Non-success (14%), Withdrawal (18%)
Analysis: Success rates were significantly higher for workshop students, with withdrawal rates half as
high as the History 27 population.
Fall 2011:
Workshop: Success (63%), Non-success (27%), Withdrawal (9%)
History 27: Success (71%), Non-success (16%), Withdrawal (12%)
Analysis: Workshop students had lower success rates, higher persistence, and lower rate of
withdrawal. Can’t really explain the lower success rate for workshop students. Disheartening.
Spring 2012:
Workshop: Success (75%), Non-success (12%), Withdrawal (12%)
History 27: Success (67%), Non-success (20%), Withdrawal (12%)
Analysis: Greater success for workshop students, lower persistence
Fall 2012:
Workshop: Success (56%), Non-success (21%), Withdrawal (21%)
History 27: Success (54%), Non-success (20%), Withdrawal (25%)
Analysis: Workshop rates very similar to larger History 27 population in all three categories.
Average for all five semesters:
Workshop: Success (67.4%), Non-success (17.8%), Withdrawal (13.7%)
History 27: Success (63.2%), Non-success (16.6%), Withdrawal (19%)
Analysis: 4.2% increase in success, 5.3% lower withdrawal rate for workshop students when compared
to all History 27 students.
What is your specific goal and measurable outcome?
To offer supplemental instruction workshops for History 7 students. This is our most popular offering,
with a success rate currently in the 50th percentile. We see workshops as a way to meet our students
where they are by focusing on contextualized basic skills instruction. Approximately four-to-six
History 7 sections (decided by the discipline instructors) would be designated in the schedule as tied
to one-unit workshops. Workshops would not be mandatory for students, but those in designated
History 7 sections could elect to enroll in a workshop. Two sections would be feed into one workshop.
Our goal is to improve student success and persistence, hopefully pushing our success rate into the
60th percentile for this course.
What is your action plan to achieve your goal?
Activity (brief description)
Adding a History 7 supplemental instruction workshop into
our discipline curriculum
Target
Completion
Date
Submission
into
CurricUnet,
Fall 2013
Required Budget (Split out
personnel, supplies, other
categories)
.20 FTEF per year to start
How will you manage the personnel needs?
New Hires:
Faculty # of positions
Classified staff # of positions
Reassigning existing employee(s) to the project; employee(s) current workload will be:
Covered by overload or part-time employee(s)
Covered by hiring temporary replacement(s)
X
Other, explain Institutional funding allocated to discipline, instructors
reach consensus about who will teach workshops on a semester-by-semester basis.
At the end of the project period, the proposed project will:
Be completed (onetime only effort)
X
project
Require additional funding to continue and/or institutionalize the
(obtained by/from):general fund.
Will the proposed project require facility modifications, additional space, or program relocation?
X
No
Will the proposed project involve subcontractors, collaborative partners, or cooperative agreements?
X
No
Do you know of any grant funding sources that would meet the needs of the proposed project?
No
Yes, list potential funding sources:
Appendix E: Proposal for New Initiatives (Complete for each new
initiative)
Audience: Deans/Unit Administrators, PRBC, Foundation, Grants Committee, College Budget Committee
Purpose: A “New Initiative” is a new project or expansion of a current project that supports our Strategic
Plan. The project will require the support of additional and/or outside funding. The information you
provide will facilitate and focus the research and development process for finding both internal and
external funding.
How does your initiative address the college's Strategic Plan goal, or significantly improve student
learning?
The proposed initiative would provide students in History classes greater access to tutorial support in
History. By expanding the offerings in GNST 115 and housing it within the History discipline, this
tutorial support could reach more students and be offered more consistently. Such support could both
increase the number of students who seek out support and their success in their History classes.
What is your specific goal and measurable outcome?
The goal of GNST 115 is to provide subject-specific tutorial support. Currently, this course is offered
through Language Arts. While the History discipline appreciates the support is has received in piloting
this type of support, institutionalizing it within the History discipline would enable expansion and
ensure its continued presence in the discipline’s planning. Measurable outcomes for this initiative
include student success rates in 115 and each student’s respective History class and visit rates to the
WRAC Center. When first piloted through Basic Skills initiative funding, the student success rate in
History classes stood at 53%. The students who enrolled and completed 115 had a success rate of
67%. Retention rates also saw significant increases, improving from 77% (for all History students) to
88% for (students enrolled in 115). History student visits to the WRAC center also increased
significantly. In the semester before the section of History-specific 115 was first offered there were a
total of 64 student visits for the subject of History. During the first semester 115 was offered for
History students the number of visits totaled 375. Over the academic year of the pilot study, there
were 594 student visits to the WRAC Center for assistance in History classes.
What is your action plan to achieve your goal?
Activity (brief description)
Adding GNST 115 into discipline curriculum (1 section for
both Fall and Spring semesters)
Target
Completion
Date
Submission
into
CurricUnet
Fall2013
Required Budget (Split out
personnel, supplies, other
categories)
.3 FTEF
How will you manage the personnel needs?
New Hires:
Faculty # of positions
Classified staff # of positions
Reassigning existing employee(s) to the project; employee(s) current workload will be:
Covered by overload or part-time employee(s)
Covered by hiring temporary replacement(s)
Other, explain 115 will be staffed by current History faculty on a rotating
basis
At the end of the project period, the proposed project will:
Be completed (onetime only effort)
Require additional funding to continue and/or institutionalize the project
(obtained by/from):115 will need consistent funding from the general fund to
remain instututionalied.
Will the proposed project require facility modifications, additional space, or program relocation?
No X
Yes, explain:
Will the proposed project involve subcontractors, collaborative partners, or cooperative agreements?
No X
Yes, explain:
Do you know of any grant funding sources that would meet the needs of the proposed project?
No
Yes, list potential funding sources: